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Translated from the Urdu by Andrew McCord
Published: Wed Apr 15 1992
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In addition to being the greatest Urdu poet of his generation, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, (1911–1984) was a prominent journalist, editor, and leftist.

Andrew McCord is translating poems for a projected book called Heart’s Companion: Last Poems of Faiz Ahmed Faiz. (updated 2002)
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